Vegetable-parer.



E. B. CASTELLO.

VEGETABLE PARER.

APPLICATION P ILBD 111111.17, 1913.

1,071,603. Patented Aug.26,1913.

DWARD B. CASTELLO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VEG-ETABLE-PAREB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 17, 1913. Serial No. 754,665.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. CASTELLO, a citizen of the United States 'of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Vegetable- Parers, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to vegetable parers and cutters, and has for its object improvemonts in devices of that character.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan; Fig. 2 is a bottom View; 3 is a longitudinal section; and Fig.' Llis a section on line L -4 of Fig. 2.

The present device is made complete from only two'pieces of sheet metal formed up and held together by a'spring relationship of theJ two to each other. A part of one of these pieces is bent to form a tubular handle A having a coring point B and a paring edge C. So far these parts are like similar parts in other devices of this kind and need no further description. The other end of the tubular handle A extends laterally into -a plate D having its side edges bent up into circular form in the nature of beads as shown at E in Fig. 4;. The outer ends of these beads are cut away as shown at F in Fig. 2, so that the extreme edge G furnishes an uninterrupted chopping or scraping edge. The central part of the plate D beyond the end of the handle A is cut out as shown at H in Fig. 1 and the edge J is bent inward at an incline and sharpened as shown in Fig. 3. The edges G and vJ are opposite edgesof that part of the plate D which is beyond the opening H.

The gage plate K has its sides bent to enter the channels or guides formed by the beads E. In the beaded portion the plate K touches the plate D only at the points 4K1 and K2 as shown in Fig. 4. Between these points the plates D and K are springs which furnish frictional contact at the points K1 and K2 for holding' the gage plate at any desired adjustment from the cutting edge J. Aturned up lip M on the gage plate K not only serves as a handle for adjusting it but also as a bridge for reventing the platefrom buckling under t e spring pressure at Patented Aug.26,1913.

the sides of D and K. The slicing edge J is l substantially level with the outer face of the ga'geplate K and normally prevents the gage plate fro-In being removed from its guides E. A slight pressure, however, on opposite sides of K and J will cause them to spring sufficiently to permit the removal of the' gage plate for cleaning. l

From the foregoing description it will be seen that this device furnishes a coring point B, a paring knife C, a chopping and scraping edge G, a slicing edge J, and an adjustable gage K for the slicing. Also,

that the entire device is made ofno more' than two pieces of sheet metal with no wires, clips or screws for holding these parts.

What I claim ist 1. In a two-piece device of the character described, a handle and a knife furnishing part having guides formed on the edges thereof, Aand an adjustable and freely removable gage held in' the guides by spring produced frictional contact between the gage and the guides one of said parts being a spring member serving-to produce such friction. l

2. In a device of the character described, a slicing knife having guides formed at the sides thereof by bending a portion of the metal from which the knife is' formed, and an adjustable gage held in said guides by spring compression upon the gage, said gage being a spring member and having a portion bent up to serve as a handle by which it may be manually adjusted and also to serve asa bridge or brace to prevent the gage from buckling under the compression by which it is held.

3. In a device of the character described, a slicing knife having guides formed at the sides. thereof by bending a portion. of the metal from which the knife is formed, and a gage adjustably held in said guides by frictional contact between the two, said guides being open at the end to permit the free removal of said gage.

4. In a two-piece device of the character described, a handle and a knife furnishing part having opposite edges of the knife part bent toform slotted tubes parallel with the handle, and anvadjustable gage having its opposite edges bent to fit into and engage Signed at Chicago, Illinois this 15th day the inner vvlalls off the tubes, the gage also of March 1913.

en a ing t e kni e bod at oints exterior togte tube whereby tizie exenson of the EDVARD B CASTELL@ gage andthe knife body beyond the last Witnesses:

named engaging points are deflected to form WALTER H. REDFIELD,

a spring action between the two parts. C. L. REDFIELD. 

